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Are Your Ready?

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It all started when our daughter Eden was a year and a half old. She had Pneumonia and high fever and she wheezed all day.

After one dose of Antibiotics (by the way, 18 years ago, it was every 6 hours, even if it meant waking her up at night), we had about a week or two off and the wheezing started again.

First kid, young parents, we went straight to see our baby specialist. He was the head of the Pediatric Ward at our local hospital and we went to his private clinic every time something happened.

About 4 months later, we found ourselves in his private clinic again. It was Pneumonia the fourth time. During that time, Eden had red, dry cheeks, high fever (every time she was not on any medication) and wheezing, wheezing all day.

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Published: March 14, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: January 21, 2020In: Kids / Children, Health / Wellbeing, Personal Development, Parenting Tags: inspiration, emotional intelligence, change, positive attitude tips, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, health / wellbeing, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, focus, values

Should I Choose a Single-sex School for My Child?

Phillips Exeter Academy

The single-sex school originated during the 18th century, when rich families sent their sons to “special” schools. Only later, in the 19th century, when the awareness of the value of education increased, were girls also sent to study. Single-sex schools were very popular in England and now also in Australia.

Today, the single-sex schools are popular among religious populations and even more during high school.

Supporters of single-sex schools believe they help kids concentrate on their academic work and avoid the sexual distractions of adolescence.

Critics believe that some social skills relating to the opposite sex reaches its peak development during teenage and that if teens do not have enough practice, this limit their social skills and their ability to relate later on.

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Published: March 14, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: January 21, 2020In: Did You Know?, Parenting, Education / Learning, Opinion, Ask Ronit Tags: gender, social skills, skills, k-12 education, success, academic performance, behavior / discipline, mother, education / learning, father, practical parenting / parents, mom, dad, happiness, communication styles, school, learning styles

My kids don’t eat the food I make. What should I do?

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Kids’ eating habits are very important for parents and it is very frustrating to prepare food and find out your kids do not like it.

If you look at this issue from an emotional point of view, it has to do with control. Your kids are exercising control over what and when they eat, while you try to keep that control. Once you look at it this way, though, the solution is simple.

Here are some great things that will get your kids to eat well.

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Published: March 13, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Ask Ronit, Kids / Children, Health / Wellbeing, Parenting Tags: fat, diet, family matters, body image, kids / children, behavior / discipline, emotional intelligence, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents, control, food, eating disorders, anorexia

How School Promotes Low Self Esteem

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Last week, in Self Esteem Mini-Course (part 1), I wrote about the definition of self-esteem. This week, let us explore how school promotes low self-esteem in children and shapes our society in the opposite way.

Since our self-esteem is based on our perception of ourselves and school is the place we spend most of our time between the ages of 6 and 12, every school experience either increases or decreases our self-esteem.

This post is part 2 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

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Published: March 11, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Life Coaching, Parenting, Education / Learning, Emotional Intelligence, Kids / Children, Did You Know? Tags: beliefs, communication styles, learning styles, focus, k-12 education, school, positive attitude tips, success, kids / children, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, education / learning, negative, practical parenting / parents, failure

11 Tips for Developing Healthy Eating Habits

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Most of the parents in the world want their kids to have healthy eating habits. Nowadays, when there are so many temptations around, it makes it harder to eat only healthy food. Fortunately, the younger your kids are, the easier it is to help them establish healthy eating habits.

For years, and especially in the early years, kids are certain that the way they eat at home is THE way everyone eats. Take advantage of this and start with healthy eating early. Flexibility with food is very important for kids. Kids who are flexible with food are less likely to have eating disorders in later years.

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Published: March 10, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Kids / Children, Health / Wellbeing, Parenting Tags: body image, food, eating disorders, fat, kids / children, behavior / discipline, health / wellbeing, practical parenting / parents, diet

Four Blessings from the Fairies

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Once upon a time, in a faraway land, the king and the queen had a welcoming party for their newborn daughter. All the fairies were invited to the party to bless the baby with all the goodness in life.

In a glorious ceremony, each fairy approached the beautiful, gorgeous baby and blessed her. The Blue Fairy gave her happiness, the Green Fairy gave her health, the Red Fairy gave her love, the Pink Fairy gave her friendship, the White Fairy gave her confidence and the Yellow Fairy gave her…

This is a fairy tale, right? Well, no, not really.

When our kids are born, we are just like fairies standing beside their beds every night and blessing them with all the goodness of life. As parents, we all want our kids to be happy and successful. Though many of us dedicate too much energy to the less important things in life, we do, inside of us, deep inside, want the best of our kids.

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Published: March 7, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Kids / Children, Life Coaching, Parenting, Teens / Teenagers, Relationships / Marriage Tags: gratitude, values, positive attitude tips, kids / children, baby / babies, practical parenting / parents, focus

Networking for Kids

Little boy and girl holding hands

These days, networking is synonymous with success. Networking is also the key to a good social life.

No matter how big our house is, how colourful our car is, how powerful our computers are or how many academic degrees we have, it is the ability to establish good relationships with our family, our friends, our customers, our colleagues and, perhaps more than anything else, with people we do not know, that determines our success in life.

At school, we get the idea that the more knowledge we gain, the more successful we will be in life. This intellectual focus on life is still practiced in many places around the world.

In fact, “It’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know”.

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Published: March 6, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Success / Wealth, Parenting, Relationships / Marriage, Kids / Children Tags: relationships / marriage, social skills, kids / children, practical parenting / parents, success

Your Kids Are as Smart as You Believe Them to Be

Boy sitting on a dirt road

Our friends came for the weekend to our house to celebrate their daughter Tammy’s first birthday. We had finished a great breakfast and were cleaning the balcony, while my friend was preparing little Tammy a bottle of baby formula.

“I finished the formula box. Where is your recycling bin?”, she asked.

I looked at the big formula box she wanted to throw in the bin. “Are you sure you want to throw it away?”, I asked her.

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Published: March 5, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Kids / Children, Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: projection, emotional intelligence, beliefs, positive attitude tips, kids / children, practical parenting / parents, focus

What Is Self Esteem?

Believe in Yourself

I believe that every parent wants their kids to have high self-esteem, so I have decided to publish a few posts over the coming weeks about self-esteem, what it is and how to increase it, so every parent reading this will be able to help their kids develop this very important emotional strength.

So first, what is self-esteem?

Self-esteem is a reflection of a person’s overall appraisal of their own worth

In other words, self-esteem is the score each person gives their abilities and skills.

This post is part 1 of 20 in the series Self Esteem Mini-Course

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Published: March 4, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Kids / Children, Did You Know?, Life Coaching, Parenting, Education / Learning, Emotional Intelligence Tags: negative, failure, beliefs, positive attitude tips, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, focus, success

Optimism or "What’s the big fuss about Emotional Intelligence (Emotional Quotient)?"

Man in office smiling with "Be Happy" sticker on his forehead

Since the Be Happy in LIFE program and the Garden of Eden program are based on promoting Emotional Intelligence, I have been asked many times to explain the main idea behind them.

Although Emotional Intelligence (EQ – Emotional Quotient) became popular after the publication of Daniel Goleman’s Book, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, in 1995, it was researched and developed during the 70’s and 80’s.

It was psychologist Howard Gardner’s book Frames of Mind, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, which began the development of EQ.

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Published: March 3, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Emotional Intelligence, Kids / Children, Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: school, child care, values, k-12 education, success, positive attitude tips, emotional intelligence, education / learning, failure, kindergarten, toddlers, focus, communication styles, early childhood, learning styles

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